Registrar General's Building | |
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Alternative names | Land Titles Office |
Etymology | Registrar-General Department |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Government administration |
Architectural style | Federation Gothic |
Location | 1 Prince Albert Road, Sydney central business district, New South Wales |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 33°52′12″S 151°12′48″E / 33.8699°S 151.2132°E |
Current tenants | Land and Property Information |
Construction started | 1909 |
Completed | 1913 |
Client | Registrar-General's Department |
Owner | Government of New South Wales |
Technical details | |
Material |
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Floor count | 3 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) |
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Architecture firm | New South Wales Government Architect |
Official name | Land Titles Office; Registrar General's Department Building |
Type | State heritage (built) |
Designated | 2 April 1999 |
Reference no. | 962 |
Type | Administration Office |
Category | Government and Administration |
Builders | Loveridge & Hudson |
The Registrar General's Building, which hosts today's Land Titles Office of the Australian state of New South Wales, is a heritage-listed building located in the Sydney central business district. The building is currently used by the Land and Property Information division of the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation, part of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
The building is located near the junction of College and Macquarie street and is set in an historical setting on the eastern fringe of the central business district alongside St Mary's Cathedral, Queen's Square, St James' Church,[2] the Sydney Mint,[3][4] the UNESCO World Heritage Listed Hyde Park Barracks, and Hyde Park.